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Does everyone hate Google now? | Google's story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth (arstechnica.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Google's story over the last two decades has been a tale as old as time: enshittification for growth. The once-beloved startup—with its unofficial "Don't Be Evil" motto—has instead become a major Internet monopolist, as a federal judge ruled on Monday, dominating the market for online search. Google is also well-known for its data-harvesting practices, for constantly killing off products, and for facilitating the rise of brain-cell-destroying YouTubers who make me Fear for Today's Youth. (Maybe that last one is just me?)

Google's rapid rise from "scrappy search engine with doodles" to "dystopic mega-corporation" has been remarkable in many ways, especially when you consider just how much goodwill the company squandered so quickly. Along the way, though, Google has achieved one unexpected result: In a divided America, it offers just about everyone something to hate.

Here are just a few of the players hating Google today.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They took down the Don't Be Evil sign.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Reminds me of a cannibal in the Deltora series who has the sign "LIVE NO EVIL" on the wall, when it's actually "LIVE ON EVIL" but mirrored.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

~~Don’t~~ Be Evil

faster just to x through the problematic bits.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That is more Elon's thing 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

dude that's funny but elon never started with don't be evil, he just went full hog on the evil from the start.